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And yet, I could not but feel that I was the victim of something like justice.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “And yet, I could not but feel that I was the victim of something like justice.”
Editor's note · Context
Here, Douglass acknowledges a sense of twisted justice in his situation, reflecting on the moral complexities of his circumstances.
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